and, "romney people upset at me, of course i want him to win. save us from socialism." >> you do have people over there that had candidates that they weren't shy about saying stuff for. >> by the way, that operative there, john brabender, who you just saw, he works for rick santorum, who, by the way, meets with roger ailes later this week. as for ailes, we reached out to the network for a comment, but did not get a response. >> rick santorum was a fox news contributor. newt gingrich was a fox news contributor. several of those republican presidential candidates. and i guess, the question is, it's one thing for rupert murdoch. you know, he's a big shot. he can get involved in politics, but for a news executive to get involved, that raises a whole set of other questions out there. >> that's right. you know, that sort of gets into this world of questions about fox news and its role in news. are they a news organization or are they, as many democrats suggest, an arm of the republican party. i know you asked paul begala and mary matalin about this ea